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WoRMS taxon details

Dreissenidae Gray, 1840

AphiaID

156884 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156884)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Dreissenoidea Gray, 1840

Orig. name

Dreissenidae Gray, 1840

Direct children (2)
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Genus Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835
Genus Mytilopsis Conrad, 1857

Environment

marine

Original description

Turton, W. (1840). A manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands, with figures of each of the kinds. A new edition, thoroughly revised and much enlarged, by John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c, (ix pp. + 1 p.): errata) + 324 pp., plate 1-12. [1 April]. London (Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans).
page(s): 277, 299 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Dreissenidae Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156884 on 2019-10-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-20 11:54:45Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2011-04-30 06:57:51Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description Turton, W. (1840). A manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands, with figures of each of the kinds. A new edition, thoroughly revised and much enlarged, by John Edward Gray, F.R.S., &c, (ix pp. + 1 p.): errata) + 324 pp., plate 1-12. [1 April]. London (Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans).
page(s): 277, 299 [details]

basis of record Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. 2010. Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. <i>Malacologia</i> 52(2): 1-184. [details]